Rune Staff

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Artwork of the Rune Staff from *Final Fantasy III*.

Carved into this staff is the most lovely poetry ever. Too bad you can't read it.
Final Fantasy All the Bravest description

The Rune Staff (ルーンの杖, Rūn no Tsue?) is a recurring staff in the series. It is often a high-ranked staff that provides decent magic bonuses, and usually casts a spell when used as an item, usually the Silence spell, or inflicts Silence by attacking with it.

Appearances[]

Final Fantasy[]

A staff that casts Healara when used.
Description

The Rune Staff is a high-ranked staff only obtainable in the Advance, Dawn of Souls, and iOS version. It provides 25 attack and hit rate, 20 critical, +10 Intelligence, and casts Healara when used as an item in battle. It drops from Orthros or Tiamat at the Chaos Shrine.

Final Fantasy III[]

In the 3D version, the Rune Staff is a high-ranked staff available at one of the weapon shops in Northeast Saronia for 18,000 gil. It provides 33 attack, +4 Mind, and casts Erase when used as an item in battle. It can be equipped by the Onion Knight, White Mage, Red Mage, Evoker, Devout, Summoner, and Sage.

In the Pixel Remaster version, it casts Blizzaga when used as an item in battle.

Final Fantasy IV[]

Staff infused with the power to silence.
Description

The Rune Staff (also called Rune and Silence) is a powerful staff that provides 52 attack, 80 accuracy, +10 Spirit, deals extra damage against Mages, casts Silence when used as an item, and has a 30% chance of inflicting Silence when attacking with it.

It can be dropped from the Marionetteer (2D and 3D), Sorcerer (2D and 3D), Summoner (2D and 3D), and Mist Summoner. It can be equipped by child Rydia, Rosa, Tellah, Fusoya, and Porom.

In the 3D versions, it has an attack power of 42 and accuracy of 80. It can be equipped by Golbez, if he is hacked into the party.

Final Fantasy IV -Interlude-[]

The Rune Staff is the strongest staff 52 Attack, 10 Accuracy, +10 Spirit, deals extra damage against Mages, casts Silence when used as an item, and has a 30% chance of inflicting Silence when attacking. It is dropped by the Marionetteer, and can only be equipped by Rosa and Porom.

Final Fantasy IV: The After Years[]

The Rune Staff is the strongest staff, providing 52 Attack, 10% Accuracy, +10 Spirit, and casts Silence when used as an item. It can be dropped from Sorcerer and Summoner, and can be equipped by Cecil, Ceodore, Rosa, Porom, Leonora, Harley, and Golbez.

Final Fantasy XI[]

Rune Staff is a staff that provides 32 damage, 366 delay, with a latent INT +2, MND +2, CHR +2, and Magic Atk. Bonus effect. Its latent effect is active while weapon is drawn and MP > 0 and drains 4 MP per tick. It deals 5.25 damage per second and accumulates 94 TP per hit. It can be equipped by level 70 Warrior, Monk, White Mage, Black Mage, Red Mage, Beastmaster, Bard, Summoner, Scholar, and Geomancer.

It can be found in Strange Apparatus in The Eldieme Necropolis (K-13) Map 2 and Garlaige Citadel (K-8) Map 3.

Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles[]

The Rune Staff is a Magic-raising artifact that increases Magic by 1, and is most commonly found in Moschet Manor during Cycle 1.

Final Fantasy Dimensions[]

The Rune Staff is a mid to high-rank staff that provides 39 attack, 15 hit rate, +8 Wisdom, and casts Silence when used as an item during battle.

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Dissidia Final Fantasy[]

The Rune Staff is a level 50 staff that provides +26 Bravery, +35 Attack, and EX Mode Duration +10%. It can be obtained from the shop by trading 15,460 gil, Healing Staff, Thorny Lumber, and a Transmogridust.

Dissidia 012 Final Fantasy[]

The Rune Staff is a level 30 staff that provides +37 Bravery, +34 Attack, and EX Mode Duration +5%. It can be obtained from the shop by trading 45,880 gil, Healing Staff, and a Rafflesia Vine.

Dissidia Final Fantasy NT[]

The Rune Staff is one of the Onion Knight's unlockable weapons, whilst the Sage class is in effect. It can be obtained, alongside the Royal Sword and Kotetsu blades, either by random chance when redeeming a Treasure token, or by purchasing them from the Shop for 7,200 Gil. Like all other characters' weapons, having it equipped carries no advantages or disadvantages.

Dissidia Final Fantasy Opera Omnia[]

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Pictlogica Final Fantasy[]

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Final Fantasy Airborne Brigade[]

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Final Fantasy All the Bravest[]

Carved into this staff is the most lovely poetry ever. Too bad you can't read it.
Description

Rune Staff grants +5 to Attack. It can be equipped by White Mage, Devout, Sage, Rydia, Krile, Eiko, and Yuna.

Final Fantasy Record Keeper[]

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Final Fantasy Explorers[]

A staff engraved with runes. Increases critical rate.
Description

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Final Fantasy Brave Exvius[]

A staff of sacred power engraved with ancient writing. It can inflict silence when used to strike an opponent, but also allows its owner to cast silence by using green magic. This staff makes it apparent that ancient people sought ways in which to neutralize the menacing power of magic to break their foe's psyche, a tactic many people use till this day. Silencing an enemy in battle could be an effective way to gain the advantage.
Description

Rune Staff is a staff that provides 15 ATK, 6 MAG, 38 SPR, has a 30% chance of inflicting Silence, and enables access to the spell Silence. It is crafted using 160 gil, x3 Wind Crysts, x1 Gaia's Tear, x1 Silver Ore, and x5 Lumbers, and found in Town of Kolts.

Mobius Final Fantasy[]

A weapon the doubles as a divining tool.
Description

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Non-Final Fantasy guest appearances[]

Seiken Densetsu 3[]

Rune Staff is the ultimate weapon for Angela should she become the Dark-Light job class of the Delevar, the Rune Master. It is a silver wide panel handled staff, with a cobalt metal head fashioned in an upwards semicircle and slotted into its widest end. Detailed with inscribed runes of an ancient language that glow softly with mystical light, its incantations bestow upon its wielder the powers over the border of order and chaos.

Gallery[]

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Etymology[]

[view · edit · purge]Runes are the letters in a set of related alphabets known as runic alphabets, which were used to write various Germanic languages before the adoption of the Latin alphabet and for specialized purposes thereafter. Historic anthropology regarding the Germanic and Norse peoples that used runes also note that the language was also highly used in magical practices related to these cultures, whether it be in divination, enchantment, and incantation.